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Let Comedies Be About Nothing Again
Netflix Netflix has a new comedy out, called The Lovebirds, directed by Michael Showalter, which is like a lot of recent-ish movies. Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae play a bickering couple on their way...
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Michael Showalter On Navigating The Rabbit Hole Of Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker...
Getty Image Trying to do a movie about Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker seems difficult. Are they good people? Well, Tammy Faye (portrayed by Jessica Chastain here) certainly has sympathetic qualities. Jim...
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‘The Dropout’ Director Michael Showalter On Why We’re ‘All Responsible’ For...
Hulu Michael Showalter had a very simple motive for agreeing to direct all eight episodes of Hulu’s latest biopic, The Dropout. “I was curious to see how it all played out,” he tells UPROXX over a...
View Article‘Wet Hot American Summer’ sequel is a go
A sequel to the 2001 cult hit “Wet Hot American Summer” is “100%” happening, according to the first film’s co-writer and star Michael Showalter. The comedian confirmed the news during an interview with...
View ArticleDavid Wain Is Good At Drawing And At Reddit AMAs
David Wain is the one who isn’t Ken Marino, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux, or Judd Apatow. When David Wain — co-creator of The State, Wet Hot American Summer, Stella, The Ten, Role Models, Wainy Days,...
View ArticlePaul Rudd And Amy Poehler Satirize The Rom-Com In David Wain’s ‘They Came...
The rom-com has been frequently and rightly disparaged in recent years as marriage porn for brain dead sorority girls. And yet, most of the projects that have started as anti rom-coms have a weird...
View ArticleAmy Poehler and Paul Rudd skewer romantic comedies in ‘They Came Together’...
Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd are coming together with “Wet Hot American Summer” director David Wain once again for the upcoming “They Came Together,” and a new trailer lets them spoof romantic comedy...
View ArticleCould Netflix be throwing a ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ reunion?
(CBR) Camp Firewood might just be back in business! According to Variety, the summer camp that hosted a series of wacky and surreal events in “Wet Hot American Summer” might reopen on Netflix. The 2001...
View ArticleFilmDrunk Movie Club: Paul Rudd And Amy Poehler In ‘They Came Together’ On VOD
A few Frotcast listeners have requested that I tell you guys in advance what we’ll be discussing on the next episode ahead of time so that you can watch it yourself. And then presumably listen along,...
View ArticleTheir First MTV Series Was A Collaboration With Jon Stewart And Other Fun...
The State was a sketch comedy series on MTV in the ’90s, which was pretty much required viewing if you were a teenager during that time period. If you were one of the cool ones, anyway. The impressive...
View ArticleA ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Series Is Maybe Definitely Coming To Netflix,...
Although Netflix has yet to comment, unnamed sources have revealed to E! News that the Wet Hot American Summer Netflix miniseries that we mentioned last spring is 100%, definitely, without a doubt on...
View ArticleWe Can Make A Day Of It: ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Is Returning For A Limited...
Get ready, campers: That Wet Hot American Summer Netflix miniseries that’s been teasing us like an unrequited lover is officially going to happen! Deadline reported the news today that an eight-episode...
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John Slattery Revealed His Character In ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day...
Getty Image John Slattery revealed a few small details about his character on Netflix’s upcoming Wet Hot American Summer miniseries, and so far, it sounds like he will fit right in at Camp Firewood....
View Article‘Wet Hot American Summer’: The funniest moments from every superstar cast member
There is no movie like “Wet Hot American Summer.” The 2001 comedy is a whimsical teen romp, a total satire of classic sex comedies, and a showcase for a terrific group of comic actors. With Netflix...
View ArticleDavid Wain And Michael Showalter Ended Up Lip ‘Singing’ With Jimmy Fallon
While they were happy to promote Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, David Wain and Michael Showalter were really looking forward to do a lip sync battle with Jimmy Fallon. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleReview: ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp’ goes back with all-star...
Early in 2001's summer camp movie parody “Wet Hot American Summer,” Bradley Cooper's Ben told his fellow counselors, “Hey, let's all promise that in ten years from today, we'll meet again, and we'll...
View Article8 fun ways ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp’ winks at the movie
At midnight Pacific last night, Netflix released all eight episodes of “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp,” the prequel series to 2001's cult comedy favorite “Wet Hot American Summer.” I...
View Article‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp’ Moments That Rival The Movie’s Best
In a fourth season episode of How I Met Your Mother (don’t worry, this is going somewhere), Ted discovers that his girlfriend Stella has never seen Star Wars. He’s mortified because, like any white...
View ArticleThe Guys From ‘Stella’ Explain What Season Two Would Have Been Like
Comedy Central is on a ridiculous roll right now. Nathan For You, Review, Broad City, South Park, Inside Amy Schumer — these are some of the funniest shows on TV, not to mention Kroll Show and Key...
View ArticleDavid Wain And Michael Showalter Go Beyond The Beyond In This Magnificent New...
It’s hard to know how to deal with advertising that pretends to be straight-up entertainment. On the one hand, there’s something unsettling and insidious about promotion with pretensions of art, maybe...
View ArticleBeyond The Multiplex: ‘Hello, My Name Is Doris’ And ‘Creative Control’ Offer...
One of the funniest scenes in Hello, My Name Is Doris is also one of the film’s saddest. Attending the seminar of a motivational speaker (Peter Gallagher) in the company of her best friend Roz (Tyne...
View ArticleMichael Showalter And The Cast Of ‘Hello, My Name Is Doris’ Talk About What...
On paper, the life of sixtysomething Doris seems quite tragic. Her mom just died and she continues to live in their Staten Island house that’s full of crap with sentimental value. She has an...
View ArticleDavid Wain Announced A Book-Length Oral History Of ‘The State’ And Here Are...
The talent that emerged from early-90’s comedy troupe The State are far more recognizable now than when they were at full strength on MTV for four seasons. Various members of The State went on to make...
View ArticleThe ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Team Will Regroup For A Sci-Fi ‘Love Boat’ Show
Truly entertaining entertainment news is difficult to come by on a Sunday evening, but a delightful tidbit has arrived for fans of Wet Hot American Summer. Three members of the team, which found much...
View Article‘The Big Sick’ Is A True Story About The Messiness Of Life
The Big Sick is basically a true story. I feel like you should know that going in. I didn’t, though I admit the signs were there. Like the fact that Kumail Nanjiani, who co-wrote the film with Emily...
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Michael Showalter On Directing ‘The Big Sick’ And The Sliding Timeline Of...
Getty Image / Amazon Since the 11-person comedy troupe The State found cult stardom on MTV in the early ’90s, Michael Showalter has been a comedy fixture, and one who’s played a lot of different parts...
View ArticleMichael Showalter And Stephen Colbert Unearth Their 20-Year-Old Unaired...
Before they were host of the Late Show and director of an Oscar buzzworthy movie, Stephen Colbert and Michael Showalter, respectively, were two of the ’90s sketch comedy greats, Showalter having...
View Article‘Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later’ Now Has An Alternate Opening...
Everyone talks about alternate endings, but here's an alternate beginning to #WHAS: Ten Years Later! pic.twitter.com/IppTciXmsx — Wet Hot American (@WetHot) September 1, 2017 The latest season of Wet...
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